Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Hampton Wall |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Bob Lutz |
CIO & Vice President |
| Ches Martin |
Vice President, Chief Information Officer |
| James Hagemeier |
CFO, COO & Executive Vice President |
| Tripp Shannon |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Vernon Warner |
Senior Vice President, Procurement Services Operations |
| Dan Block |
Vice President |
| Dan Rawlings |
Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
| David Furth |
Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Alliances |
| Del Putnam |
Vice President, Technology |
| Joe Infantino |
Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing |
| Kenneth J. Hamilton |
Vice President of Integrated Services |
| Kent Reese |
Vice President, Professional Services |
| Krista Sickles |
Vice President |
| Michael Precia |
Vice President of Sales and Account Management |
| Roy Owens |
Vice President, Global Sales Organization |
| Tom Ponich |
Vice President of North American Sales |
| Martial Gerardin |
Managing Director, Europe |
| Claudia Moore |
Marketing Director |
| Peter Lohri |
Director, Corporate Procurement and Supplier Diversity at Tiaa, Cref |
| Belgium Dutch Belgium French Canada English Canada French Denmark |
|
| Jason Wright |
|
| Matthew Worth |
|
| Roger Hurwitz |
|
| Scott Satchell |
|
| Michael Bermudez |
Director |
Board of Directors
Ches Martin is the company's senior technologist with responsibility for all technical development and customer support functions. His inter-disciplinary team drives future technical advancements as well as continuous improvement of current technologies. Ches joined Perfect Commerce in January of 2006 as a part of the acquisition of Commerce One. Martin brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in enterprise applications and global business operations. Martin was President of Commerce One at the time of the acquisition and spent 7 years with Commerce One in its Professional Services division prior to assuming the responsibilities of President in August 2005. In Commerce One's Professional Services division, he was responsible for all facets of product delivery and customer satisfaction. During his tenure at Commerce One and Perfect, Martin has directed the successful implementation of approximately 100 customer projects ranging from single-site operations with fewer than 100 users to world-wide 24x365 operations with tens-of-thousands of users. Prior to joining Commerce One, Martin was a lead architect at Harbinger, Inc., a leading provider of EDI VAN services. As lead architect, he was instrumental in the successful implementation of numerous customers' eProcurement initiatives. Previously, Martin was a lead software analyst and architect at Clemson University responsible for implementing a variety of University Support systems.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
CFO, COO & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Synagro Technologies, Inc. |
corporate controller |
Former |
| Sam Houston State University |
Bachelor's Degree In Accounting |
Former |
With a background in electro-mechanical engineering, Vern Warner has more than 16 years of experience in project management including a long tenure with Siemens VDO, where he lead a team of 50 engineering and technology associates involved in new product research and on-going continuous improvement initiatives. Vern holds 13 current and 3 pending U.S patents for technologies that range from electronic signal control, and test and measurement technologies, to spray development for fuel injection systems.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Procurement Services Operations |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| LogicalApps |
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Field Operations |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
Current |
As Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances, David is responsible for driving awareness of Perfect Commerce's brand in the market, establishing product direction, and coordinating alliance development with companies that expand the breadth of its offerings. David brings nearly 20 years of experience in procurement, information technology, and SRM-related applications to the company. Prior to joining Perfect Commerce, David was General Manager of North America for BasWare, a European-based invoice automation and purchasing software company. David has held senior management positions as Vice President, Strategic Alliance at RightWorks, an original player in the e-procurement space acquired by i2, as the Director/Practice Leader of the company's e-Sourcing Center of Excellence at Deloitte/DRT, and as the senior IT executive at Turner Construction Company, one of the world's largest general builders.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Alliances |
Current |
| Turner Construction Company |
Vice President |
Former |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Practice Leader |
Former |
| Turner Construction Company |
Director |
Former |
Array
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Technology |
Current |
| Christopher Newport University |
Degree In Computer Science |
Former |
Array
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President of Integrated Services |
Current |
| Alfred University |
Master's Degree In Engineering |
Former |
As vice president of professional services, Kent Reese oversees Perfect Commerce's asset-based consulting services related to technology solution deployment, strategic sourcing and customer support. Prior to Perfect Commerce, Kent spent six years as a member of the IBM Procurement Services team, leading procurement transformations and e-Procurement implementations for many Fortune 100 companies. Before joining IBM, he worked in various leadership positions in Asea Brown Boveri AG (ABB), with the most recent post as the North America director of supply chain for ABB Power Generation, Inc. Prior to this, he served as global corporate supply manager at ABB's corporate headquarters.
As Vice President of Global Sales for Perfect Commerce, Roy Owens is responsible for directing all sales generation activities to both prospective and existing clients globally. Owens is a proven business development professional with 19 years of successful sales experience, including more than six years with Perfect Commerce. During his tenure at Perfect, he has worked on many of the companies largest deployments and helped clients generate meaningful bottom-line value from their spend management solutions. Prior to Perfect Commerce, Owens Co-Founded Owens & Morgan, Inc., a private label contract manufacturing business. He guided the company from start-up to a successful, profitable enterprise with more than 600 clients. Roy's career also includes managing the outsourced manufacturing operations for a leading retail chain, which included sourcing responsibilities for textiles world-wide.
Apax Partners is a global private equity group that invests in five industry sectors. Founded more than 30 years ago, the firm uses its sector expertise, deep local presence and broad global platform to create value for its stakeholders. Since 1995, over 65 companies owned by Apax Partners' Funds have gone public on stock markets around the world. At point of entry to market, these companies had a collective market capitalization of over $35 billion.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Director, Corporate Procurement and Supplier Diversity at Tiaa, Cref |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Realpage Inc. |
Partner, Apax Partners |
Current |
| Apax Partners Ltd. |
principal |
Current |
| Youngstartup Ventures, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Insite, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Realpage Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Accenture Ltd. |
consultant |
Former |
| General Electric Capital Corporation |
|
Former |
| Tufts University |
MBA In Finance |
Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
MBA In Finance |
Former |
| Tufts University |
BS in economics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Fidelity Ventures |
Partner |
Current |
| Nevis Solutions |
Partner |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
|
Current |
| GE Equity |
Vice President |
Former |
| Apax Partners Ltd. |
Partner |
Former |
| General Electric Capital Corporation |
|
Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
MBA |
Former |
| Syracuse University |
BS in accounting |
Former |
Scott brings over 15 years of sales, marketing and business development experience at the national account level to CorMine. As a Sourcing Manager for Ferguson Enterprises, Scott was responsible for the overall management and growth of an entire industry segment. In addition, he has national and international sourcing and vendor relations expertise. For the past several years, Scott has been leading the Strategic Sourcing effort for CorMine and has extensive knowledge and experience in a multitude of commodity families and sourcing strategy. Scott is an honors degree graduate from James Madison University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Endeavor Capital Management |
Founder |
Current |
| Endeavor Capital Management |
Managing General Partner |
Current |
| Endeavor Capital Management |
Manager |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Edelson Technology Partners |
General Partner |
Former |
| NWP Services Corporation |
investor, director and advisor |
Former |
| Catalina Marketing Corporation |
investor, director and advisor |
Former |
| Education Systems, LLC |
investor, director and advisor |
Former |
| Catalina Marketing Corporation |
Advisor |
Former |
| Chase Manhattan |
loan officer |
Former |
| New Court Securities Corporation |
Associate |
Former |
| Rothschild Inc. |
Associate |
Former |
| Michigan Capital |
Investment Officer |
Former |
| Harbinger |
|
Former |
| Catalina Marketing Corporation |
Director |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
B.A. Degree |
Former |
David Brown is the Managing Partner of Oak Hill Venture Partners and a Vice President of Keystone, Inc. He leads Keystone's venture capital activities, including investments in 30 companies since 1998. He is also a general partner of Oak Hill Capital Partners (private equity investments), Oak Hill Securities (high yield trading), Oak Hill Strategic Partners (exchange fund) and Oak Hill Platinum Partners (hedge fund). Mr. Brown serves on the board of directors of Lattice Communications, MarketTools, Perfect Commerce, ProQuest, Sandial Systems, Sitara Networks and WideOpenWest. Prior to joining Keystone, Mr. Brown worked at Salomon Brothers where he was a Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department. Mr. Brown holds a B.A. degree from Bowdoin College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Oak Hill Capital Partners |
General Partner |
Current |
| eGain Communications Corporation |
Managing Partner of Oak Hill Venture Partners |
Current |
| Sandial Systems, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Converged Access Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lattice Communications, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Wide Open West |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| eGain Communications Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| MarketTools, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bowdoin College |
B.A. Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Oak Hill Capital Partners |
General Partner |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lattice Communications, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Stepnexus Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Sandial Systems, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Wide Open West |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| eGain Communications Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Voyager Learning Company |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Intelligent Markets, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| MarketTools, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Converged Access Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| ProQuest Company |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Bowdoin College |
B.A. Degree |
Former |
Mr. Miller is a 1977 graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a degree in Ocean Engineering. In 1985, after serving for seven years in the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, Mr. Miller became the second full-time employee of Earl Industries. In 1989 he bought the company and has been its President and CEO since that time. Mr. Miller is active in the company's daily operations while at the same time, guiding the vision and execution of the company's aggressive growth strategy. The company now employs over 800 people with locations in all of the Navy's major homeport locations in the continental United States.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Auctiondrop, Inc. |
Managing Director for Mobius Venture Capital |
Current |
| Mobius Venture Capital |
managing director |
Current |
| Clarus Systems, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Reametrix, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Primavera Design |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Planitax, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lrn Corporation |
Board Member |
Current |
| Finaplex, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Auctiondrop, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Mobius Venture Capital |
D. Rex |
Former |
| Morgan Stanley |
co-head |
Former |
| Salomon Brothers |
Investment Banker |
Former |
| Amazon.com, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Volpe Brown Whelan |
|
Former |
| Securityfocus |
Board Member |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
M.B.A. with distinction |
Former |
| Harvard College |
A.B. cum laude in Applied Mathematics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Mayfield Fund |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Revenue Science, Inc |
Managing Director, Mayfield |
Current |
| Audiencescience, Inc. |
Managing Director, Mayfield |
Current |
| Mayfield |
Print Managing Director |
Current |
| Packet Design, Inc. |
Managing Partner, Mayfield |
Current |
| Outerbay Technologies, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Theatreworks Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Adchemy, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Audiencescience, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Packet Design, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Revenue Science, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bevocal |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nuasis Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Revenue Service |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Postx Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Consorte Media, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mayfield |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Revenue Science |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Volomedia, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Narus, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Entrepreneurs Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Tcp-IP Incorporated |
co-developer |
Former |
| Slam Dunk Networks, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Claris Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Btech, Inc. |
Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Indian Institute of Technology |
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Indian Institute of Technology |
BTech in Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Entrepreneur.Com, Inc. |
member |
Former |
| Xerox PARC |
member |
Former |